Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-02-21
From our Regular Correspondent.
Madison Matters.

Madison Matters.
MADISON, Wis, February 15.-The
Legislature now has $50 Senate bills and
1926 Assembly bills on file and have
passed few of them. The bill intro
duced by Senator Erwin to appropriate
$4,000 each for 1887 and 1888. for the
use of the State Agricultural Society,
passed the Senate on Tuesday. Also a
bill to appropriate $4,000 annually for
the use OF the State horticultural So
ciety. The bill for the repeal Of the
one mill school tax, will come up for
consideration next Thursday.
~ RAILROAD BILLS.
Z Legislation against railroad disorimi-
nation and the granting of passes has
at last found itself on the docket. Two
bills initiating the Cullom DILL, just
passed by Congress, have been intro.
duced into the Legislature, one in the
Senate by Senator Conklin, the other in
the Assembly by Mr.. Reynolds. These
bills hope to remedy the evils practiced
by the corporations, whereby small
Y dealers can be ruined for the sake Of
getting the trade OF the larger dealers
10 ship over their lines. The main fea-
ture Of difference between the bills in
troduced by Senator Conklin and Mr..
Reynolds is that the latter provides a
board OF two commissioners, to be APP
pointed by the Governor, who shall hold
six years, and who in connection with
tie present railroad commissioner shall
rhod in their hands the management of
freight and passenger rates. These
commissioners shall be so arranged that
one will go out eaeh second year, and
shah draw yearly salary of $4,000,
and shall have clerk at 800 per
yearg The commissioners may demand
. a printed schedule of rates from the
company at any time; and every day
that the law is violated the company
may be subjected to a fine as high as
$4,000. The railroad employer may
enjoy passes.
Another bill was Introduced compell-
ing organized companies to pay Il tax
of $500 per $1,000 on their capital
stock. Senator james introduced bill
to have tile State Printer do the printing
for the engrossing, enrolling and tran
scribing departments of the Legislature.
This bill would do away with these
three departments and AL their clerks,
thus saving the State about 500, 900 at
each session Of the Legislature. The
plan has been tried in the English Par
lament and proved successful. Sena-
tor Pond introduced q joint resolution
for more rapid way of ratifying an
amendment TO the State constitution.
Senator Erwin introduced bill to APP
propriate sos, 900 for the furnishing and
completing of one main building and
two cottages and 4 barn in connection
with the INDECENT Schools at Sparta.
Senator Dyson presented bill for the
appropriation of sums for the support
of the various charitable and penal in
situations of the State, which is as
follows: Northern Insane Hospital,
S131, 600; Mendoza Hospital. $4,000;
States Prison. $4,000; Blind School,
S45. 900; Deaf. $50, 900; Boys Industrial
School. $4,000. These sums are to
pay the current expenses of these insti-
tutions for the years 1887 and 1888. j
The COMMITTEES appointed by Governor
Rusk TO visit the charitable and penal
institutions of the State, reported
through Senator Kidd, chairman. last
Tuesday. Senator Kidd aud his fellow
committeeman had visited the various
institutions aud reported favorsbly upon
them. In the case OF the Oshkosh hos
pital the purchase of sixty acres of land
was advised, and the Mendoza hospital
should receive FIVE acres more A new
prison was advised for the younger and
Iess hardened criminals that they might
be kept from the bad Influence of the